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Tuesday, 29 August 2017

A juvenile Redwing was a surprise during an early morning visit to Bundle Head on Monday. It was associating with a group of 5-6 SongThrushes so it may have arrived with them. Five Tree Pipits moved through, with three dropping into the top of an ash tree briefly before moving on, and a Spotted Flycatcher showed briefly by the coast path. Also noted were 15+ Blackcaps, nine Chiffchaffs, three Goldcrests, two Whitethroats, a Willow Warbler and aStoat.

Tuesday, 22 August 2017

Four Wheatears were on the racecourse this morning, which is unfortunately becoming increasingly difficult to view from the foot/cycle path due to vegetation growth. Also six Mistle Thrushes and several mixed flocks of Swallows,Linnets and Goldfinches.

Sunday, 20 August 2017

An enjoyable late afternoon and early evening counting over the high tide. Wader numbers were up with a good mix of passage and returning birds: 363 Oystercatchers, 48 Curlew, 19 Redshanks, 14 Dunlin, 10 Greenshanks, nine Common Sandpipers, four Ringed Plovers and two Whimbrel. Other totals between Passage House and Flow Point included 33 Mute Swans, 26 Little Egrets, five immature Shelducks, five Little Grebes, two Water Rails and two Kingfishers.

Sunday, 13 August 2017

Two juvenile Black-tailed Godwits and a Whimbrel were with the Curlew flock at Passage House yesterday morning. Other waders included five Common Sandpipers and five Dunlin, and the first Kingfisher of the autumn was at Flow Point.

Monday, 7 August 2017

No sign of the reported Great Northern Diver that has been present around Shaldon Bridge for tthe past two weeks, however the second juvenile Yellow-legged Gull of the autumn was on The Salty. Six Sandwich Tern were are fishing by the bridge with a Black-tailed Godwit and a juvenile Lesser-black Backed Gull the best of the rest of the estuary.